Geomagnetic Storm In Progress

shogun writes "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports a strong geomagnetic storm is in progress. The shuttle, ISS and GPS systems may be affected." They think this storm was caused by a weak solar flare on April 3rd. As you may expect, this has caused some unusually impressive northern lights since it started. What you may not expect is a photograph from Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi aboard the International Space Station showing the aurora from orbit. He apparently tweets a lot of pictures from space. He and his crewmates have taken over 100,000 pictures since coming aboard the ISS.

Huh

[Quiet_Desperation]

I wondered what set off my allergies this morning.

Yet another stereotype confifrmed.

[Locke2005]

You know, Soichi Noguchi, you are doing very little to dispel the classic stereotype of Japanese tourists always with a camera around their neck, taking pictures of everything!

twitpic?

[Locke2005]

What the heck is "twitpic"?!? It sounds like a web app that twits use to post their pictures... what's that you say? It IS a web app that twits use to post their pictures? Uh... I guess it is aptly name then.

I bet it'd look better on an iPad

[Orga]

It's too bad they couldn't have sent one up to them on the ISS, they could have used it to take pict... they could have twittered from... they could have at least used it to... hmmm

Re:twitpic?

[$RANDOMLUSER]

A "twitpic" is a picture of Tom Cruise.

Duck and Cover!!!

[Old Sparky]

..!!

Re:Best. Space pic. Ever.

[Colonel Korn]

My <3 looks like an emoticon for mooning because my less than sign was removed.  Next time I'll preview.

In other news...

[canada_dry]

... Toyota has issued a statement asking Prius owners to wrap their cars in tin foil before driving.

Holiday...

[tonywestonuk]

So, here I am in the middle of nowhere, with nothing but a 3g Dongle and suddenly this Geomagnetic storms£(*&^SGU &@*(&((clkxjnx..........NO CARRIER

Good idea

[SmallFurryCreature]

Tell him to just lean out of the window for a better shot. What could go wrong?

Re:Yet another stereotype confirmed.

[sbeckstead]

Now this should get down modded, Maybe it's a German camera did you ever think about that you insensitive clod!

Re:Oh dear

[Kagura]

I got a phone jammer too, so I can block unnecessary EM radiation from the nearby cell towers.